7602782

Apparatus and Method for Intelligent Routing of Data Between a Remote Device and a Host System

PublishedOctober 13, 2009
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3 claims

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1. A wireless device for communicating with a destination device, the communicating including transmitting and receiving at least one of a voice signal and a data signal over a plurality of wireless communications media that are autonomous and differ at a data link layer, the wireless device comprising: an application executable to communicate the at least on of a voice signal and a data signal to the destination device; a plurality of communication interfaces configured to enable communicating over the plurality of wireless communications media; a network availability determiner section configured to determine at least one metric; a user configuration processor configured to receive at least one parameter; a decider section configured to generate a deciding signal based on the at least one metric and the at least one parameter; a core section configured to generate a selecting signal based on the deciding signal; a selector section configured to select one of the plurality of communication interfaces based on the selecting signal, the selected one of the plurality of communication interfaces communicating over one of the plurality of wireless communications media, the selector section being further configured to select another one of the plurality of communication interfaces transparently to said application for communication over another one of the plurality of wireless communications media while the selected one of the plurality of communication interfaces communicates over the one of the plurality of wireless communications media.

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2. A method for communicating with a destination device, including transmitting and receiving at least one of a voice signal and a data signal over a plurality of wireless communications media that are autonomous and differ at a data link layer, the method comprising: enabling a plurality of communication interfaces to communicate over the plurality of wireless communications media; communicating the at least one of a voice signal and a data signal from an application to the destination device; determining at least one metric; receiving at least one parameter; generating a selecting signal based on the at least one metric and the at least one parameter; selecting one of the plurality of communication interfaces based on the selecting signal, the selected one of the plurality of communication interfaces communicating over one of the plurality of wireless communications media; and selecting another one of the plurality of communication interfaces transparently to said application for communication over another one of the plurality wireless communications media while the selected one of the plurality of communication interfaces communicates over the one of the plurality of wireless communications media.

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3. A computer readable medium embodying a program executable for communicating at least one of a voice signal and a data signal from an application over a plurality of wireless communications media that are autonomous and differ at a data link layer, the computer readable medium comprising: a communication code segment being executable to communicate the at least one of a voice signal and a data signal from the application to the destination device; a communication interface code segment being executable to enable communicating over the plurality of wireless communications media; a metric determiner code segment being executable to determine at least one metric; a user configuration code segment being executable to receive at least one parameter; a core configuration code segment being executable to generate a selecting signal based on the at least one metric and the at least one parameter; a selector code segment being executable to select a first interface of a plurality of communication interfaces based on the selecting signal, the selected communication interface enabling communication over a first one of the plurality of wireless communications media, the selector code segment being further executable to select a second interface of the plurality of communication interfaces transparently to the application for enabling communication over a second one of the plurality wireless communications media while the first communication interface continues to enable communication over the first one of the plurality of wireless communications media.

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October 13, 2009

Inventors

William DOVIAK
David L. WHITMORE
Flex HOUVIG

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